PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Students and choir members from the Beijing School for Blind feel and touch the torch as torchbearer Dr. Yao Yufeng (L) holds it out after the start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Torch Relay.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Torch%20Relay.jpg)
Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Torch Relay gets underway
At the Beijing School for the Blind, 30 students and teachers sang ‘World with Love’
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IPC makes decisions regarding RPC and NPC Belarus
The RPC and NPC Belarus will participate as neutrals at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Austria’s blend of experience and youth could be just the ticket
‘We have some really promising young athletes’ – Chef de Mission Julia Wenninger
![A giant ice breaker ship enters the arena of the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Sochi%202014%20Opening%20Ceremony.jpg)
Down memory lane: Sochi 2014, the Games that changed the mindset
From a city with a 'zero track record in terms of accessibility' Sochi became a role model for disabled-friendly infrastructure.
![Flag bearer Jean Labonte of Canada leads his team through the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Canada%20at%20Vancouver%202010.jpg)
Down memory lane: Vancouver 2010, the milestone Games
Nearly 1,200 media representatives covered the Games – an increase of 12 percent from the previous Paralympics
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Anna-Lena Forster can inspire a youthful Germany
Chef de mission Dr. Karl Quade targeting a top-10 finish
![Barbara Aigner celebrates world title](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Barbara-Aigner.jpg)
Keeping it in the family – Aigner twins join the dynasty
World Championship success paves way for Austrians to shine in Beijing
![The International Paralympic Committee flag and the Italian national flag fly side by side during the Opening Ceremony of the Turin 2006 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Torino%202006.jpg)
Down memory lane: Torino 2006, an Italian odyssey
A record 1,037 media representatives arrived in Torino to cover the Games, and the host broadcaster, International Sports Broadcasting (ISB), provided more than 130 hours of live coverage
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WADA backed Independent Observer Team commends IPC for anti-doping policies in Tokyo
IPC releases details of anti-doping programme for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
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Cristian Ribera has high hopes for Beijing after bagging Brazil’s first Worlds medal
‘I can guarantee that I will fight to the end to be among the best’